DAY FIVE: * 06:20 Tobu train from Asakusa to Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture * long uphill walk dragging luggage to Nikko-shi Koryu Sokushin Center: simple maps hide the hard truth (contour maps available only at Nikko) * rewarding sight of stunning maple trees along the uphill route * Rinnoji Temple * Shoyo-en * Rinnoji Treasure House * Toshogu shrine * Futarasan-jinja * Taiyuin-byo * hike to Takinoo shrine * walk to Ganmangafuchi abyss * Narabijizo * Jyoko-ji Temple * old wooden houses & beautiful gardens, backlanes of neighbourhood near pedestrian bridge over Daiya-gawa river * watching local baseball team's evening training in Nikko Elementary School sports grounds from my window *

	fallen maple leaves & azalea flowers on the road, Nikko		bamboo cups with fish food for 30 yen, Shoyo-en garden, Rinnoji temple, Nikko
	San Zaru principles of Tendai Buddhism: hear, speak & see no evil at Toshogu shrine, Nikko		Toshogu shrine
	carving of nemuri neko (sleeping cat), Toshogu shrine		Toshogu shrine
	stone lanterns in gravel courtyard, Futarasan-jinja, Nikko		sacred spring, Futarasan-jinja garden
	trail leading uphill from between Hokke-do & Jogyo-do halls to an out-of-bounds temple building, Nikko		literally red-faced Nio warrior, Niomon Gate, Taiyuin-byo, Nikko
	Ryukoin(?) Temple, Nikko		trail to Takinoo shrine from Futarasan-jinja: the entire door is at most somewhere below my shoulder height & has a shiny new padlock
	jizo statues, trail to Takinoo shrine		Takinoo shrine, Nikko
	little waterfall, Ganmangafuchi abyss, Nikko		face to face with a jizo statue, Narabijizo, Ganmangafuchi
	Daiya-gawa river, Ganmangafuchi abyss

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